Wire garden-hose support



Dec. 19, 1922.

A. R. SMITH. WlRE GARDEN HOSE SUPPORT.

FILED 001'. 20. 1921.

Snow wot Patented Dec. 19, 19220 asa n v w ns e'Ann n-HosnsUrronT. i

Application filed 0ct0ber'20, 1921. serial Ko."509,01 1.

To all ill/ 00772 z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, Asrnin B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laredo in the county of Webb and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vire Garden-Hose Supports; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved hose support by means of which a garden hose may be held and the water "from the hose directed upwardly so that a sprinlider will he provided. One object of the invention is to provide a hose supporter which can he formed from a single strand of he avyiresilient wire bent to form upper and lower hose en gaging clamps and a twisted standard carrying the clamps and adapted to have its lower end portion embedded in the ground.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this supporter that the portions of the wire which will form the clamps will be firmly braced and the arms thus yieldably held against outward movement and caused .to firmly grip the hose.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a garden hose support which will be cheap to produce and very efi'ective in operation.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation showing a hosesupported in an. operative position by means of the improved hose supporter.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the hose supporter with the lower portion broken away. i

This improved hose supporter is to be formed from a single strand of relatively heavy resilient wire. In forming the hose supporter, the strand of wire will first be bent to form the upper clamp which is indicated in general by the numeral 1 in Fig. 1 and will then be twisted to form the staff portion 2 between theclamps. The wire will then be bent to form the lower clamp which is indicated in general by the numeral 3 and will then be further twisted to form a. continuation of the stafl, the lower portion of this stafi? being formed of a single an twisted strand and forming a prong portion 4 which 'isto be embedded in the ground when it is desired a make use of the supporter.

After doubling the strand'of wire and crossing the strand to provide the arm 5 of the upper clamp, one of the strands formed by bending the length of wire will in its turn be bent and'crossed as shown at 6 to form the second arm 7 of this upper clamp. The strand will then be carried beneath the inner end portion of the clamp as shown at 8 and the two strands will be twisted together to form the portion of the staff 2 between the upper and lower clamps. One of the strands will then be bent to form the arms 9 and 10 of the lower clamp and the lower clamp will be turned so that the arms of the clamp extend horizontally beneath the arms of the clamp land the end portion of this strand extends through an eye 11. The two strands will now be further twisted to form the lower portion of the staff. From an inspection of Fig. Lit will. be seen that when the length of wire is first doubled, it is to be doubled at such a point that oneend portion or strand will be of greater length than the second end portion or strand and therefore when the end portions of the wire are twisted together beneath the lower clam one end Jorti-on will terminate short of the end oi the second end portion. This provides the prong 4 which is to be embedded in theground.

When this garden hose support isin use. the hose '12 will be forced betweenthe arms ol the two clamps with the nozzle 13 positioned. above the upper clamp. The hose will be firmly gripped by the two clamps and will be held in the position shown in Fig. 1. "The prong 4 will then be forced into the ground and the hose will be held in an upright position. If it is desired-to have the hose extend vertically, the snp-v porter will be planted vertically in the ground but it it is desired to have the hose extend at an incline, the prong 4 will of course be embedded in the ground with the supporter extending at the desiredangle'; By having the device formed from resilient wire. it can accommodate itself to 'diiterent the arms may be bent-closer together or sizes of hose. this being due to the fact that p to grip a hose which is somewhat smaller or somewhat larger than the size for which the holder is intended.

I claim: a

A garden hose supporter formed from a length of resilient wire doubled intermediate its length to form a two strand standard. each of the strands formed by the doubling of the wire beingthendoubled and bent to form the arms of a substantially U-shaped upper clamp. said clamp lying in a plane substantially at right angles to the standard and parallel to the ground, one of the strands being further doubled at a lower point to form one arm or a substantially 15 U-sha-ped lower clamp and further doubled and bent to form the second arm of the receiving the strand and the strands being then twisted tog'ether to form the portion of the standard before the lower clamp.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ASHER ll. SMITH. 

